How we cracked the mystery of Australia's prehistoric giant eggs

A puzzle over the identity of an extinct bird that laid eggs across Australia has been solved.

Gifford Miller, Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Jan. 24, 2023 • ~8 min

A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction - new research

Palaeontologists studied Pantolambda fossils in forensic detail to learn about its lifestyle.

Gregory Funston, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
Sept. 15, 2022 • ~7 min

Ancient frogs in mass grave died from too much sex – new research

Millions of years on. modern frogs and toads still haven’t learnt you can have too much of a good thing.

Daniel Falk, Geology / Palaeontology PhD candidate, University College Cork • conversation
Aug. 22, 2022 • ~7 min

Jurassic World Dominion: a palaeontologist on what the film gets wrong about dinosaurs

The biggest crime of the film was exaggerating the size of dinosaurs.

Ben Igielman, PhD student palaeontology , University of Oxford • conversation
June 14, 2022 • ~7 min

Crystal Palace dinosaurs: how we rediscovered five missing sculptures from the famous park

New research on the Crystal Palace dinosaurs is uncovering truths about these famous Victorian sculptures

Ellinor Michel, Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum • conversation
May 20, 2022 • ~6 min

How the first cat-like sabre-tooth predator was discovered – and why it differs from modern cats

The first sabre-toothed cat-like predator was not much larger than a bobcat, but it had long teeth and a strong jaw to cut through thick skin.

Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol • conversation
March 30, 2022 • ~8 min

How we discovered a rare giant millipede fossil on a beach - and why it matters

Why our chance discovery of an Arthropleura as long as an alligator, while on holiday on a beach in northern England, was such a landmark moment.

Neil Davies, Associate professor, University of Cambridge • conversation
Jan. 28, 2022 • ~7 min

Plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, hybodonts: looking back at three prehistoric predators of the Jurassic seas

The fossil of a gigantic ichthyosaur was recently discovered in the UK. It wasn’t the only creature lurking in the Jurassic oceans.

Emily Swaby, PhD candidate, School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University • conversation
Jan. 19, 2022 • ~8 min

Dinosaur embryo discovery: rare fossil suggests dinosaurs had similar pre-hatching posture to modern birds

The little dinosaur is curled up inside its shell the same way birds do before hatching, shedding new light on the link between the behaviour of dinosaurs and modern birds.

Fion Waisum Ma, PhD Student, Palaeobiology, University of Birmingham • conversation
Dec. 21, 2021 • ~5 min

A new species of early human? Why we should be cautious about new fossil footprint findings

A new study finds more than one early human species lived on the landscape in Northern Tanzania 3.66 million years ago. But there are reasons to be cautious about the findings.

Sally Christine Reynolds, Principal Academic in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University • conversation
Dec. 1, 2021 • ~6 min

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